Saracens relishing long-awaited Champions Cup return against EdinburghThe Men in Black are back at club rugby’s top table for the first time in nearly three years, with everyone in Barnet having had to watch longingly from afar. Saracens will host Edinburgh on Sunday in their first Champions Cup clash since falling agonisingly short in a 27-24 defeat to Racing 92 on January 19, 2020. Mark McCall’s men have been through the mill since, taking their relegation medicine, powering back to the Premiership’s sharp-end, and dealing with Covid like everyone else. For a team that won this tournament in 2016, 2017 and 2019, embarking on an entirely fresh start in the competition remains a jarring reality – but not one that rugby director McCall and his players are about to waste.
Saracens RFC vs Edinburgh Rugby [LIVE] Score - Pool A (rugby)Live Saracens RFC Edinburgh Rugby 11 December 2022 - 17:15 Europe - Champions Cup Saracens RFC Edinburgh Rugby New customers only | Commercial content | 18+ age limit | T&Cs apply Highlights End of match E Boffelli Transformation 72' W Goosen Try 71' O Farrell 69' T Woolstencroft 68' Penalty 62' 58' 51' A Lewington 45' 40' B Earl 37' 36' 27' 14' E Daly 12' 6' L De Bruin 5' 0' Game Statistics 48 Ball possession (%) 52 Players List E Mawi A Clarey M Itoje C Hunter-Hill A Christie J Wray I Van Zyl S Maitland N Tompkins A Lozowski B Venter S McInally W Nel M Sykes G Gilchrist J Ritchie B Muncaster S V Mata C Shiel B Kinghorn D van der Merwe J Lang D Hoyland Substitutes A Davies A Goode P Harrison C Savala Form Table Last matches 13 Nov 2022 - English Premiership Rugby 45: 39 Northampton Saints 5 Nov 2022 Bristol RC Bears 10: 25 30 Oct 2022 33: 22 Sale Sharks 22 Oct 2022 Exeter RC Chiefs 20: 15 Oct 2022 37: 31 Bath Rugby 9 Oct 2022 Newcastle Falcons 14: 34 2 Dec 2022 - Pro 12 17: 38 Munster 26 Nov 2022 Benetton Treviso 24: 17 Cardiff Rugby Zebre 19: 53: 8 7 Oct 2022 Lions Score and result Saracens RFC - Edinburgh RugbyThe Saracens RFC - Edinburgh Rugby (Rugby - Champions Cup) match in 11/12/2022 17:15 is now complete.
“This is our first pool match in the Champions Cup for 35 months, ” said McCall. “Our last pool match in the competition was against Racing at StoneX, a few days after relegation had been confirmed. It’s a long wait, but we’re very grateful to be back. “It feels very much like a new competition for us, we haven’t played in this format before, but we’re really looking forward to getting stuck into it. During those 35 months, there’s a little bit of envy to watch some of the games, it’s such a magnificent competition. “In lots of ways the competition has maybe shaped our club I think, and maybe some of the people in it. We’ve got players here who were playing in 2011, 2012, and in those days we had to suffer a little bit, to get out of the group first of all.
“We lost a quarter-final in 2012, we lost a semi-final in 2013, and then we lost the final 2014, and you’ve got to earn your spurs in this competition, there’s so many good teams. “And it’s probably a new journey for us now, with a slightly different team, but still exciting all the same. ”Captain Owen Farrell leads the raft of international stars returning to Saracens action to take on their Scottish guests this weekend, in an imposing 23. Saracens top the Premiership with an unblemished nine wins from nine matches, but McCall knows full well the difference in intensity and focus that will be required at StoneX Stadium on Sunday.
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